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Spontaneous chylothorax in a 2‐year‐old child
Author(s) -
SotoMartinez Manuel E,
Clifford Vanessa,
Clarnette Tom,
Ranganathan Sarath,
Massie R John
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja11.10922
Subject(s) - medicine , respiratory medicine , pediatrics , library science , family medicine , surgery , computer science
A previously well 2-year-old girl presented with acute respiratory distress. After multiple investigations she was diagnosed with spontaneous chylothorax, attributed to strenuous vomiting. To our knowledge, this is the second reported case of spontaneous chylothorax occurring after the neonatal period.